brackish
IPA: brˈækɪʃ
adjective
- (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
- Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
- Repulsive
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Examples of "brackish" in Sentences
- The brackish water lake of Okanj is nearby.
- As a result, the water in the lake is now brackish.
- The reason for this is the brackish nature of the water.
- It also occurs in the brackish waters of Lake Maryut in Egypt.
- Part of the former channel of the river remains as a brackish lagoon.
- Unfortunately, the water turned out to be brackish and so undrinkable.
- One side faces the desert and the other side gives on to a brackish river.
- The lower course of the Seudre is brackish, and is used for oyster farming.
- In the hollows of the plains are ponds or lakes of brackish and fresh water.
- The final resolution of the symposium on the classification of brackish waters.
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